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land hermit crabs

saw some hermit crabs in a sandy bottom tank with a water dish in it. are they really only land creatures? how big do they get? wat do they eat? wat size tank do they need? thinkin of getting some if i could, thanks guys!

PPs gave you some great advice. If you do offer commercial foods, skip ones with Ethoxyquin or cooper sulfate. (personally I don't feed commercial foods) A few great sites that come to mind are hermit-crabs.com, thecrabbagepatch.com (in the process of switching their name over to the hermit crab patch), and thehermitcrabassociation.com. The only other thing I'd add is all species of land hermit crab benefit from both a fresh water dish/pool and a salt water dish/pool available at all times.

Mondo grass should be safe with them. If it's generally pet-safe, it's probably ok with hermit crabs, too. You might want to check with some of the hermit crab sites. They have lists of safe and unsafe terrarium plants to put in crabitats.